VIDEO: Top 5 plays from Game 2 of the World Series

The Kansas City Royals defied their reputation as a small-ball club Wednesday in Game 2 of the World Series, collecting five extra-base hits off the San Francisco Giants' shaky pitching staff en route to a 7-2 victory at Kauffman Stadium.

Stymied by Madison Bumgarner in Tuesday's series opener, the Royals put a run on the board in each of the first two innings before exploding for five runs in the sixth. Omar Infante, who went hitless one night ago, delivered the game's crushing blow when he clubbed a two-run homer in the sixth that helped Kansas City even the best-of-seven showdown at one game apiece.

Yordano Ventura's first career World Series start began inauspiciously, though, as the 23-year-old rookie surrendered a solo shot to Gregor Blanco, a scorching line drive that sailed into the right-field bullpen, in the game's first at-bat.

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Brandon Belt exhibited some poor judgment on the basepaths in the fourth, straying too far from second base as he thought about taking an extra 90 feet on a botched cutoff play by the Royals. Instead of advancing to third, though, the 26-year-old was thrown out on the bases like a nincompoop.

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Though Salvador Perez entered Wednesday's contest with a meager .374 on-base plus slugging this postseason, the 24-year-old delivered a timely double in the sixth that plated both Eric Hosmer and Terrance Gore, affording the Royals a 5-2 lead.

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Omar Infante then picked an opportune time to snap his 47-game homerless drought, crushing a two-run shot into the left-field bullpen to give the Royals a comfortable five-run advantage in the sixth.

Tempers flared moments later, though, after Hunter Strickland tied Chris Narveson's dubious record by allowing his fifth home run of the postseason. Salvador Perez, seemingly convinced that Strickland was staring at him as he trotted home from second base, didn't hustle back to the dugout after Infante's shot, prompting an enraged reaction from the 26-year-old right-hander.